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MedicationsMon, 22 Jun 2015 12:13:17 ESTnews354193991Swiss drug maker Novartis posts Q4 profit dropSwiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG says fourth quarter net income dropped 26 percent but the company still posted a healthy 2014 annual profit.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-01-swiss-drug-maker-novartis-q4.html
OtherTue, 27 Jan 2015 05:54:28 ESTnews341560463Novartis to close manufacturing plant in Puerto Rico by 2019Novartis AG is closing its manufacturing plant in Puerto Rico as part of a major overhaul of its business, the company said in a statement Friday.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-01-novartis-puerto-rico.html
MedicationsFri, 16 Jan 2015 14:10:01 ESTnews340638936European drug regulator: Novartis flu vaccine OKEurope's drug regulator says there is no proof that a flu vaccine for the elderly was linked to side effects, including deaths in Italy.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-12-european-drug-novartis-flu-vaccine.html
MedicationsWed, 03 Dec 2014 13:14:22 ESTnews336834857Novartis selling flu vaccine unit to CSL for $275MAustralian drugmaker CSL Ltd. said Monday it will buy Novartis' flu vaccine business for $275 million.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-novartis-flu-vaccine-csl-275m.html
MedicationsMon, 27 Oct 2014 12:29:51 ESTnews333631785EU OKs Eli Lilly's $5.4B bid for Novartis divisionThe European Union's antitrust authority says it has approved the $5.4 billion sale of Novartis' animal health division to U.S. pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-eu-oks-eli-lilly-54b.html
OtherFri, 03 Oct 2014 08:54:20 ESTnews331545253Novartis cites momentum in three percent profit riseSwiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG posted a 3 percent rise in second-quarter profits Thursday, reflecting what it described as solid growth and an increased focus on core products.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-07-novartis-cites-momentum-percent-profit.html
OtherThu, 17 Jul 2014 02:55:20 ESTnews324784509New drug sales help boost Novartis Q1 profit (Update)Strong new drug sales and higher operating income helped Swiss pharmaceutical firm Novartis AG report a 24 percent rise in first-quarter profit.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-04-novartis-q1-profit-divestitures.html
OtherThu, 24 Apr 2014 04:29:35 ESTnews317532565Novartis reshapes business with GSK, Lilly deals (Update)Swiss pharmaceutical firm Novartis AG launched a major overhaul of its business Tuesday, unveiling a series of multibillion-dollar deals with Britain's GlaxoSmithKline PLC and the U.S.'s Eli Lilly & Co. that heralds more restructuring in the fast-changing industry.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-04-novartis-reshapes-business-gsk-lilly.html
MedicationsTue, 22 Apr 2014 10:10:01 ESTnews317379502Swiss pharma Novartis ups full-year sales outlook (Update)Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG raised its full-year sales outlook because of delays in generic competition to its blockbuster blood pressure drug Diovan, even though it said negative currency trends contributed to a 6 percent drop in its third-quarter net profit.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-10-swiss-pharma-novartis-percent-profit.html
OtherTue, 22 Oct 2013 04:22:31 ESTnews301634539Novartis posts profit gain thanks to new drugs (Update)(AP)—Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG reported a 6.7 percent increase in profit for the first quarter Wednesday, boosted by new products and emerging markets.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-novartis-profit-gain-drugs.html
MedicationsWed, 24 Apr 2013 08:07:38 ESTnews286009650India's rejection of drug patent could reverberateThe India Supreme Court's rejection of a patent for an improved version of a costly cancer drug by Novartis AG could have big implications for the world's largest drugmakers.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-india-drug-patent-reverberate.html
MedicationsMon, 01 Apr 2013 19:11:06 ESTnews284062257Drug maker Novartis loses India patent battle (Update)India's Supreme Court on Monday rejected drug maker Novartis AG's attempt to patent an updated version of a cancer drug in a landmark decision that health activists say ensures poor patients around the world will get continued access to cheap versions of lifesaving medicines.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-drug-maker-india-patent.html
MedicationsMon, 01 Apr 2013 04:28:55 ESTnews284009309India's top court to deliver Novartis judgmentIndia's Supreme Court is to rule Monday on a landmark patent case involving Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG that focuses on demands by major companies that their investments be protected, against Indian companies that say they should be allowed to continue producing cheaper generic versions of many lifesaving medicines.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-india-court-novartis-judgment.html
MedicationsSun, 31 Mar 2013 09:20:01 ESTnews283939647Novartis Q4 net profit rebounds to $2.1 billion(AP)—Swiss drug maker Novartis AG reported a jump in fourth-quarter net profit to $2.08 billion on Wednesday, citing the lack of a $900-million one-time charge it took in the same period the previous year.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-novartis-q4-net-profit-rebounds.html
OtherWed, 23 Jan 2013 03:52:12 ESTnews278135436Indian court to rule on generic drug industry(AP)—From Africa's crowded AIDS clinics to the malarial jungles of Southeast Asia, the lives of millions of ill people in the developing world are hanging in the balance ahead of a legal ruling that will determine whether India's drug companies can continue to provide cheap versions of many life-saving medicines.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-indian-court-drug-industry.html
MedicationsFri, 04 Jan 2013 04:57:22 ESTnews276497833EU drug regulator OKs Novartis' meningitis B shotEurope's top drug regulator has recommended approval for the first vaccine against meningitis B, made by Novartis AG.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-eu-drug-oks-novartis-meningitis.html
MedicationsFri, 16 Nov 2012 08:54:14 ESTnews272278445EU approves Novartis-Incyte blood cancer drugNovartis AG and Incyte Corp. said Tuesday that European Union regulators approved their blood cancer drug Jakavi.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-eu-novartis-incyte-blood-cancer-drug.html
MedicationsTue, 04 Sep 2012 08:10:37 ESTnews265965018Novartis drug investigated after 11 deathsA multiple sclerosis drug made by industry giant Novartis is under investigation after at least 11 patients taking the medicine died.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-novartis-drug-deaths.html
MedicationsFri, 20 Jan 2012 13:29:55 ESTnews246288586Study: Bone drug boosts breast cancer survival(AP) -- Doctors were mostly hoping to prevent complications and relapses when they gave young women a medicine to keep their bones strong during breast cancer treatment. Seven years later, they found it did more than that: The bone drug improved survival, as much as many chemotherapies do.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-bone-drug-boosts-breast-cancer.html
CancerFri, 09 Dec 2011 03:10:01 ESTnews242621950Big promise is seen in 2 new breast cancer drugs(AP) -- Breast cancer experts are cheering what could be some of the biggest advances in more than a decade: two new medicines that significantly delay the time until women with very advanced cases get worse.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-big-breast-cancer-drugs.html
CancerThu, 08 Dec 2011 05:30:02 ESTnews242540493Novartis fights patent rejection in Indian court(AP) -- In a case that could affect India's role as drug provider to the developing world, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments Tuesday over whether the government had the right to deny a patent to Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG for its lifesaving cancer treatment Gleevec.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-novartis-patent-indian-court.html
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